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    VESSEL NAME:   Sevona
    OTHER NAME(S): Christened as EMILY P. WEED - renamed in 1897
    OFFICIAL NO:   136129
    DATE OF LOSS:  2 September 1905
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, Sand Island reef
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freight
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, MI - 1890
    OWNER(S):      McBrier Fleet
    MASTER:        Capt. Donald Southerland McDonald
    TONNAGE:       2,362 gt, 1,899 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    300 x 41 x 21.2
    CASUALTIES:    7

                   SEVONA was bound from Allouez to Erie with ore when
                 she ran into the teeth of a northwester. Making no
                 headway against the heavy sea Capt. McDonald turned
                 her about and ran for shelter. The lookout failed to
                 see the Raspberry Island light and, by the time time
                 the Sand Island light was spotted, it was too late.
                 The furious gale swept the big freighter on the reef
                 with a large hole torn in her bow. Within half an
                 hour the relentless pounding of the waves had broken
                 the SEVONA in two.  This was the same storm that took
                 down the OLIVE JEANNETTE and the big barge PRETORIA.

                   Among the dead:
                   Otto Wellet, wheelsman, Cleveland
                   L. Darwin, mate, Cleveland
                   Nels Seiverson, 2nd mate, Buffalo
                   Donald S. McDonald, captain, 

                   In 1905, at Buffalo, an additional 72 feet was built 
                into her hull amidships by cutting her in half. Tonnage 
                was increased to 2,258. Had the first electric searchlight 
                installed on a Great Lakes ship.
   

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1904
         Buffalo Evening News - 5 September 1905
         Detroit Free Press - 5 & 7 September 1905
         Saginaw Courier-Herald, 27 July 1900
         Detroit Free Press - 27 July 1900
         Green Bay Press Gazette - 5 September 1905
         Buffalo Evening News - 5 September 1905